A man who wanted to buy a cup of tea and a burger for a homeless woman was allegedly refused by McDonald's staff.
Anil Barber, 38, said he was allegedly told by staff that they didn’t want to encourage begging. He finally left the homeless woman with the cash instead.
However McDonald’s said the woman has been banned from the restaurant in China Gardens, Bolton, for the interests of customer and staff safety, but denied it had anything to do with her being homeless.
A McDonald’s spokesman reportedly said: “There is no policy of banning homeless people at McDonald’s.
“The circumstances surrounding this individual’s ban have no link to her being homeless and our restaurant team acted in the interests of the safety of our customers and employees.
“We apologise if this was not made clear at the time.”
